Toimenpitein

Toimenpitein is a Finnish term meaning by measures or through measures. It is the plural instrumental form of the noun toimenpide, which denotes a measure or action in a policy or administrative context. The term is commonly found in formal language and official documents to express that an outcome has been achieved through specified measures.

Grammatically, toimenpitein belongs to the inflection family of toimenpide; it contrasts with toimenpiteet (nominative plural) and toimenpiteitä (partitive plural). It conveys the means by which something occurs, not the agent performing the action. In usage, it marks the instruments or methods used rather than who executes them.

Example: Toimenpitein on pyritty vähentämään tapaturmariskiä. This can be translated as “By measures, the risk of accidents has been reduced.”

Usage contexts for toimenpitein include government reports, policy briefs, risk assessments, environmental legislation, healthcare guidelines, and intergovernmental agreements written in Finnish. In these texts, the form helps maintain a formal, impersonal tone while detailing the measures employed to address a problem.

See also: toimenpide, toimenpiteet.